240 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



I have retained tlie name pecuarius for this species, as it 

 is probably this bird which Temminck has figured under 

 that name (PI. Col. 183) ; but this figure is by no means a 

 good one. It appears to be identical with JE. Kittlitzi of 

 Reichenbach and Layard and JE. longipes of Heuglin. 



Summer plumage. — Forehead, a band from the eye round 

 the nape, throat, under the wing, and tail-coverts white ; re- 

 mainder of the underparts ferruginous brown, darkest on the 

 chest ; top and back of the head, back, wing-coverts, centre 

 of the tail, and two spots on each side of the chest dusky 

 brown, the edges of the feathers tipped with rufous or hair- 

 brown ; a band across the head from eye to eye, and another 

 from the lores under the eye and down the side of the neck, 

 and the quills black ; sixth and consecutive primaries marked 

 with white on their outer web ; legs and beak black ; irides 

 dark brown. 



Winter plumage. — Underparts whiter, black markings on 

 the head absent, and the nape ferruginous brown. 



Entire length 6'4 inches; culmen 0*65 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 4'2 ; tarsus 1'2. 



Fig. Temm. PI. Col 183. 



239. ^GiALiTls CANTIANUS (Lath.). Kentish Plover. 



This is a very abundant Plover both in Egypt and Nubia, 

 frequenting the sandy flats near water, and is apparently a 

 sociable bird, as it is always met with in flocks. Owing to 

 the assimilation of their plumage to the ground they frequent, 

 they are difficidt to distinguish ; and their presence is often 

 first made known by the sudden rising of a flock from a 

 spot in the immediate vicinity. 



